The word “program” in a church can mean a lot of different things and evoke a lot of different responses. Generally speaking, the Builder generation preferred programs, the Boomer generation offers mixed reviews and Busters and Millennials have an aversion to them…
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Retarded Grandparents
Posted August 15th, 2010 Leave A Comment
Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center (Classic humor: written by a third grader on what his grandparents do.) After Christmas, a teacher asked her young pupils how they spent their holiday away from school. One child wrote the following: “We always used to spend the holidays with Grandma and Grandpa. They used to live [...]
Survey Template for 50+ Ministries
Posted May 3rd, 2010 Leave A CommentProvided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center Use this survey to get honest opinions from the members of your church 50+. Use the insights gained to find weak spots in your ministry offerings and engage members in the improvement process.
Simon of Cyrene
Posted April 15th, 2010 Leave A Comment
A Lenten Meditation from Daniel Potts: Why me?
In all this faceless wall of flesh, that marks His march of death, why must I bear the load of One, condemned to hang upon the Skull?
Antiquing
Posted April 15th, 2010 Leave A CommentDon Hinkle Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center “Antiquing,” the lady said on TV, “saved my life!” That’ll get your attention. At least it sure got mine. I was drifting through the stages of a lazy Memorial Day Monday afternoon when I heard the phrase. My oldest daughter had turned on a PBS [...]
The Price of Children
Posted March 14th, 2010 | 2 Comments »Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center DON’T QUIBBLE OVER THE CALCULATIONS, JUST HUG YOUR INVESTMENTS The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle-income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn’t even touch college tuition. But $160,140 isn’t so bad [...]
Seven Wonders of the World
Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A Commentby John Coulombe Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center Thanksgiving is Always in Season As the story goes, a group of students were asked to write down what they thought were the present “Seven Wonders of the World.” This was their list: Egypt’s Great Pyramids, Taj Mahal, Grand Canyon, Panama Canal, Empire State Building, St. Peter’s Basilica, China’s Great [...]
Christmas
Posted January 18th, 2010 Leave A CommentDon’t Be Afraid! John Coulombe, Provided by CN Building Adult Ministries Resource Center The first word that comes to mind when pondering the Christmas story would appear to be joy—not fear. Yet doing a little review of the story reveals quite the opposite! An angel appears to Zacharias the priest, soon to be father of John [...]
More Coming Soon…
Posted January 18th, 2009 Leave A CommentStay tuned to gocasa.org for more content in the coming months.
